Mailing device.



P. H. ALLEN. MAILING DEVICE.

APPLlC'ATlON FILED MAY 1. 19l8.

' Patented Mar. 4,19 1%).

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MAILING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7| 1 9 I 8.

Patented Mar. 4,1919.

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530 paper PRESTON H. AIiLEN', OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGN OR TO BEMIS BRO. BAG COMPANY,

' OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

MAILING DEVICE.

accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in a mailing device or envelop and has for its special object the combina- 'ti'on of a fabric bag and a paper envelop'and an invisible and durable connect-ion between the two.

Beferring to the drawings,

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved mailing device complete and ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the finished mailing device.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same before the fabric bag is turned. i

Fig. is a plan view of the envelop blank before it is folded.

Fig. 5 isa plan view of the paper on velop partially finished.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the completed envelop, and

, Fig. '7 is an enlarged sectional view illus- 'trating the method of connecting the fabric bag to the envelop.

Referring to the drawings, 8 indicates the fabric bag in one end of which is a draw string 5.). by means of which this end of the bag is closed.

10 indicates a paper envelop provided with a closing guinined flap 11,, at one end two side flaps 12 and 13 which are gummed together in the usual manner, and with a lower end flap. 14.

In the formation of the paper envelop the side flaps 12 and 13 are folded along the folding lines lfi'and 16, and are secured together. by means of suitable adhesive.

For the purposes hereinafter stated the lower end flap l4: and the side flaps 12 and 13 as well as the sidel'l' of the envelop are 5!) reinforced by means of a fabric reinforcing 18 as illustrated in Fig. 4.

This reinforcing fabric 18 is slightly re- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

Application filed May 7, 1918. Serial No. 233,129.

moved from the edge of the flap l4 and the lower edge of the flaps 1'2 and 13 so that when the envelop is folded and completed the reinforcing isinvisible.

It will be observed that when the side flaps 12 and 13 are folded and gummed together and the end flap 14 folded over and gummed to the folded side flaps the lower end of the bag on the inside has threelayers or sections of reinforcing material. I

It will be noted" in this connection that.

'the end flap 14 is folded along the folding line 19: By thus reinforcing the lower end of the bag a durable and substantial means is provided for securing the fabric bag 8 to the envelop. The fabric bag 8 is made wrong side out as illustrated in Fig. 3 by being stitched along one margin by stitching 20, both ends of the fabric bag being open and one end of the same being provided with a tieing cord 9.

\Vhen the fabric bag has been formed as stated the finished paper envelop 10 is bodily inserted as illustrated in Fig. 3 into the fabric bag and in this condition the lower end -of the fabric bag and the lower end of the paper envelop. are secured together by means of row of stitching 21, the stitching 21 passing through both sides of the fabric bag and the three thicknesses of reinforcing material secured to the inside of the paper'envelop.

After the paper envelop and. the fabric bag have been stitched together by the stitching 21 at their lower ends, the fabric bag is then turned as illustrated in Figs. 1 and l, and is ready for use. It will thus "be seen that I have provided an invisible and durable connection between the fabric bag 8 and the paper envelop l0 and at the san'le time by means of the stitching 21 I have provided a mailingdevice with \Vhen the mailing device has been co1npleted as previously stated the connection betweenthe paper envelop and. fabric bag isconcealed by means of the sides of the fabric bag, as will be seen when the bag has been turned, the sides of the same cover up.

and conceal the line of stitching 21.

By providing -the three thicknesses of reinforcement in the lower end of the paper envelop it will further be observed that by stitching through the same and the lower end of the fabric bag, a durable and strong connection is afforded between the paper envelop and fabric bag.

It will further be observed that when the device is completed the sides of the fabric bag not only conceal the stitching or fastening means, but also protects the same because the sides overlie the stitching or fastening means.

It will further be observed that the free ends of the fabric bag lying on the inside.

of the fabric bag and loosely against the inserted end of the paper envelop will also afford a protection to the stitching on the inside of the fabric bag from abrasion or wear of the substances inclosed within the fabric bag.

It is one of the objects of the invention to so unite the fabric bag with the paper envelop that the former. will not tear 'loose under the roughest handling it may be subjected to incident to its use in the mails, and even thoughthe object contained in the fabric bag be quite heavy, such as a metal object. To insure this I reinforce the envelop at one end by a piece of textile fabric that is folded and is secured to the opposite faces of the envelop,providing at least two thicknesses of fabric material at, this reinforced part of the envelop, or three thicknesses, in the main, when the specific arrangement illustrated is adoptedeach thickness or superposed layer of fabric being directly secured to a part of the envelop. The reinforced end of the envelop is then inserted into the open, unfinished end of the textile bag, which has been turned inside out at this stage of manufacture, and the .two-envelop and textile bagare united by stitching passing through both walls of the bag and through both the superposed layers of the reinforcing attachment for the envelop. When this method of uniting the two parts of the mailing device is employed but a single line of stitching to unite them is required. fter the parts have been thus unitedthe bag is turned and the complete article, as represented in Fig. 1, is

produced. This, as has already been de-- scribed. has the uniting stitching and unfin ished orraw end concealed, While the bag has all the appearance and advantages of having its end that is united with the envelop finished or henmied, although. such finishing, as a fact, has not taken place except as that may be incident to the method of manufacture already described.

envelop adapted to be sealed so as to serve as a container for first class mail matter, and a fabric bag having one end provided w'th temporary closing means and the other eft unfinished, the'fabric bag being placed over the envelop and having its unfinished end united to the end thereof by stitching and then being drawn off the'envelop whereby it is adapted to serve as a container, the uniting stitchin and unfinished end of the bag being within tie fabric bag of the finished article and concealed. v

2. A mailing device comprising a paper envelop adapted to be'sealed so as to serve as a container for first class mail matter, re inforced by a piece of folded fabric securely united within one endithereof, and a fabric bag having one'end provided with temporary closing means and the other left unfinished, the fabric bag being placed over the envelop and having its unfinished end united to the reinforced end thereof bystitching and then being drawn off the envelop whereby it is adapted to serve as a container, the uniting stitching and unfinished end of the bag being within the fabric bag of the finished article and concealed.

3. A mailing device comprising a'paper envelop provided with a gummed closing flap at one end, gummed side flaps of equal sizes and shapes, and approximately the length of the envelop, and adapted to be united along their free edges, a gummed end flap on the end of the. envelop opposite to the closing fiap,which end flap is adapted to be folded over the \tWo side flaps, a piece of reinforcing secured on the inside of the lower end of the envelop and slightly removed from the lower-edges of the side flaps and lower end flap, and projecting beyond the folding lines of said flaps, a fabric bag having one of its ends unfinished and inturned within the bag and secured to the reinforced end of the paper envelop by being stitched thereto,

the stitching passing through three-thicknesses of reinforcement of the paper envelop and the unfinished end of the bag, the said stitching being concealed and protected by the sides of the fabric bag.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PRESTON H. ALLEN.

I Witnesses:

, PurmrMoGnArn,

Louis J. FINN. 

